Заимка им.Сурело В.П.
The place
Заимка им.Сурело В.П. ("Zaimka named after Surelo V.P.") in the Republic of Karelia, Sortavala/Ruskeala sector (northern shore of Lake Ladoga, Russia), at true elevation ~30 m (listing shows an erroneous 0 m), Karelian taiga. Continuous Russia Karelia cluster (batches 260-342). Trapper's zaimka (traditional Karelian winter hunting depot, ~10% of local GDP, Kalevala Finnish mythology, Elias Lönnrot's 1849 compilation of rune-singers of Karelia, 22,700 verses, 50 poems), a zone of Lake Ladoga taiga (largest lake in Europe, 17,700 km², 26% of Switzerland's area) and Ruskeala Marble Canyon (Swedish quarry from 1765, marble for Saint Petersburg's Marble Palace and Saint Isaac's Cathedral, touristic Marble Canyon since 1998, developed from 2000), heritage of the Karelians (Uralic people, 45,000 speakers, Karelian language, Finno-Ugric, its own dialect, heavily Finnish-influenced, assimilated under the USSR then Russia).
The setting
Karelia Sortavala/Ruskeala north shore Ladoga Russia elevation 0 m erroneous ~30 m actual Karelian taiga, continuous cluster batches 260-342, trapper zaimka Karelia Kalevala Lönnrot 1849 22,700 verses 50 poems, Ladoga 17,700 km² 26% of Switzerland largest in Europe, Ruskeala 1765 Swedish marble for Saint Petersburg Marble Palace and Saint Isaac's Cathedral touristic since 1998, Karelians Uralic 45,000 Finno-Ugric.
